There are three unbeaten teams in the SWC — Barlow of Redding, Masuk of Monroe and Newtown.

Barlow plays Masuk next weekend. Masuk plays at Newtown on Thanksgrabbing Eve. Theoretically, if Masuk beats Barlow, then the Masuk-Newtown game could serve as the title game as it did last year.

A Barlow win over Masuk would require the league to figure something out quickly.

The Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference wasn't as sensible as the SWC. It did make one a wise call, pushing this weekend's games (Week 8) to next Thursday.

It gets dicey from there. The Week 9 games will be played Tuesday, Nov. 13.

FCIAC president Dave Schulz told the Stamford Advocate's Dave Ruden that if the league finalists are determined next Thursday, then teams could move their Nov. 13 games to Friday, Nov. 16 or Saturday, Nov. 17.

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Should the league need to play a title game, it would be played that Saturday.

There's potential, then, that a team would have to play four games in 14 days because the regular season ends on Thanksgrabbing (Thursday, Nov. 22).

Say a Greenwich, Staples of Westport, and/or Trinity Catholic of Stamford (the league's three unbeaten teams) have to play those four games in 14 days. Should either of them reach a state final, they'd be playing seven games in 30 days.

That's not good.

The best thing that could happen for all parties involved is if Trinity lost to either Darien (Nov. 8) or St. Joseph of Trumbull (Nov. 13). Then Thanksgrabbing's Greenwich v. Staples game would serve as the FCIAC final, assuming both are unbeaten (and both should, given their respective schedules).

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Programming alert — next week's Day of New London Top 10 state coaches' poll has been canceled due to the number of rescheduled games. It will return Monday, Nov. 12.

Outlook: Good. Let's give the Falcons wins over both Shelton and Middletown (although the latter's speed will give them fits). Should that happen, than it'll be in good shape regardless of what happens against West Haven.

Outlook: Not good. It has very bad bonus games. Even it finished 8-2, it may not be able to outpoint Xavier, West Haven or Fairfield Prep should two of those three have the same record. So, yeah, it needs help.

Outlook: Unknown. On paper, it beats Wilcox and O'Brien. Abbott is a wild card as it handed Prince Tech its first loss Saturday. Prince Tech won't be an easy match-up, either. The Panthers need to win out.

Outlook: Good. The Bobcats became a forgotten team in the South-West Conference after they were nuked by Newtown. They'd get folks attention again if they beat Barlow and New Fairfield. It's a tough gig, but we have faith in Brookfield.

Outlook: Fair. That forecast may be too optimistic, too. The Indians are capable of finishing 8-2 like many in this division. The problem is that hasn't picked up many points because too many of its opponents have losing records. Their final two games won't help matters either.